Arc 3.0 Titan Builds - Destiny 2

Arc 3.0: Titan Builds for PVP and PVE

Welcome to the Titan edition of our electrifying Arc Titan 3.0 guides! Arc Titan has been a PvE staple since the release of Crest of the Fallen Star and was a top PvP class many seasons ago.

Now with the Arc 3.0 rework this class has only become a better option in PvE and has new tools to return to its high to top-tier performance in the crucible.

Now live in Destiny 2, The Final Shape expansion brings a new Prismatic Subclass. Discover our meta [Prismatic Hunter builds, Prismatic Warlock builds, and Prismatic Titan builds.

Before we jump into the builds you should know a few terms that refer to the new Arc subclasses.

These terms influence how the new classes play heavily.

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Amplified – A buff in which a guardian can run faster, slide further, and has improved weapon handling. This buff is not accessed through any Aspects nor Fragments, but is rather intrinsically built into Arc 3.0 and received after defeating multiple targets with Arc damage. A guardian with the Amplified buff will receive more bonuses after sprinting which include even faster sprint speed, a PvE damage resist bonus, and a longer slide length.

Blind – This is a debuff the new arc abilities will dish out. PvE enemies who are blinded will not see, be disoriented, and unable to shoot their weapons. PvP enemies who are blinded will have their HUD removed, their screen will be white, and will have a ringing audio until the debuff ends.

Jolt – The other debuff guardians will apply to enemies. Jolted enemies who are damaged will spread electric charges and damage nearby allies similar to the conduction effect of Dunemarchers.

Ionic Traces – This isn’t a new keyword per se, but is a key portion of the new Arc rework. Ionic Traces are currently only available for Stormcaller, but will be available for all classes moving forward and give back ability energy once they are picked up similar to stasis shards.

Now that you know the new Arc terms, let’s get in to the builds

PvE Build Recommendations

Thundercrash is a top tier super, now with Arc 3.0 we have a little bit more to build around for the Titan’s neutral game. We are going to make our build based around our grenade ability to feed cooldowns to get our grenade back and for our high damage dealing super and melee abilities.

Abilities

Super: Thundercrash – Must use here; Fist of Havoc does not deal enough damage to justify using. Meanwhile Thundercrash is one of the best supers from a DPS perspective.

Class Ability: Rally Barricade – You’ll be spending a lot of time in your barricade, so you can definitely use the weapon buffs rally barricade gives you.

Movement Ability: Strafe Lift – This is the easiest jump to get the “titan skate” with by jumping and then tapping jump as you are about to hit the ground and repeat the cycle. This can be done with catapult too, but is less forgiving.

Melee Ability: Thunderclap – When this melee is fully charged it deals a lot of damage, there is a bit of a learning curve in that it cannot be activated by your alternate melee button

Grenade Ability: Pulse Grenade – This grenade is quite versatile in that it is a good for ad clear, Jolts enemies with Touch of Thunder, and it is a good way to supplement DPS during damage phases.

Aspects

Touch of Thunder: This gives a big buff to any grenade you use. It is recommended you use the Pulse Grenade. This aspect makes your Pulse Grenade create Ionic Traces and increase in damage over time.

Knockout: Breaking a target’s shield or critically wounding them increases melee range and damage. Defeating a target with a melee makes the Titan Amplified and starts health regeneration.

Fragments

Spark of Shock: Your grenades Jolt targets

Spark of Ions: Defeating Jolted targets creates an Ionic Trace

Spark of Amplitude: Rapidly defeating targets while Amplified creates an Orb of Power

Spark of Beacons: While Amplified killing a target with an Arc special weapon creates a Blinding explosion

Stat Prioritization

Resilience: 40% damage resistance, that alone should influence you to run 100 Resilience. Not only this, but it is tied to your class ability as well.

Discipline: Your cooldowns more or less revolve around your grenade, with high discipline you ensure getting your grenade back to kickstart your Ionic Trace creations.

Recommended Exotics

Cuirass of the Falling Star: A must-use as it buffs your Thundercrash damage significantly. If you are able to, using a different exotic and then swapping to this exotic during a damage phase is optimal.

Heart of Inmost Light: This is the most recommended exotic for the neutral game. Using an ability increases the damage and regeneration rate of others. With this exotic, you will have your abilities even faster and they will do more damage.

An Insurmountable Skullfort: If you want to lean into the melee aspect of this build this exotic is for you as it will let you utilize Thunderclap almost indefinitely and heal off of it.

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Recommended Mods

Elemental Ordnance: Grenade final blows create an elemental well. You’ll be spawning lots of wells with this mod and build.

Elemental Charge: Picking up a well makes you Charged with Light. You will get this very easily from the previous mod, and from here you can use any Charged with Light mod you want.

Ashes to Assets: Grenade kills grant super energy. You’ll be throwing your grenades often and you have one of the best supers in the game. This is a great mod to have to ensure you have your super for every damage phase and circumvent the long cooldown.

Melee Wellmaker: Melee final blows will create an elemental well. This will be easy to get going as you’ll be utilizing Thunderclap often.

General Strategy

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At the end of the day, Thundercrash paired with Crest of the Fallen Star is a top-tier single target damage super. The super is easy enough to use, so let’s get into the other 99% of the time you won’t have your super up.

If you are able, using one exotic for neutral game and then quickly swapping to Crest of the Fallen Star before you use your super is a very viable option. That way you don’t have an exotic that only works during that 1% of gameplay.

The build we are going for here involves using the super strictly for boss damage, a very strong melee for yellow bar targets that don’t have enough health to justify using a super, and grenades that have aspects and fragments based around them to clear many red bar enemies and create ionic traces for ability cooldowns.

Grenades are the heart of the neutral game in which a grenade Jolts enemies and creates Ionic Traces. With the recommended mods these grenade kills will get you Amplified, give super and melee energy, spawn an elemental well, and spawn an orb of power.

This gives you the flexibility to empower your arc weapons, reduce cooldowns to use abilities on other targets, and utilize an arc special weapon to create a blinding explosion via Spark of Beacons.

PvP Build Recommendations

Titan can play two ways with the new Arc 3.0 system; the more streamlined choice is a close-quarter build and the other is a grenade-based defensive build. The former is what most people will be going for, but the latter can be created with the available tools in this kit if that is the playstyle you prefer.